Easy Cycling Around Vancouver (eBook)

Fun Day Trips for All Ages

Jean Cousins, Norman Cousins (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2011 | Second Edition
176 Seiten
Greystone Books (Verlag)
978-1-55365-829-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Whether you bicycle for fitness, pleasure, transportation or all of the above, Easy Cycling around Vancouver features dozens of routes to discover across the Lower Mainland and northwestern Washington State. From Squamish to Bellingham, Richmond to Agassiz, Jean and Norman Cousins guide you along winding backroads and quiet country lanes, pointing out the best cafes and swimming holes as well as local flora and historic sites.This updated and expanded second edition includes:* forty-five tours (nine all-new ones) ranging from 20 to 45 km long* concise, easy-to-follow maps and route descriptions* helpful tips about cycling basics, safety and trip planningTry a flat, scenic trail with the kids or combine several tours to make up a multi-day trip. Ride right from your front door or take a bus, train or ferry to the starting point. Whatever your cycling interest, Easy Cycling around Vancouver will fit the bill.

Autor

Jean Cousins is the author of Easy Hiking around Vancouver and Nature Walks around Vancouver. She and her husband, Norman, are keen explorers of the natural world. They live in Surrey, British Columbia.

Inhalt

Acknowledgements Introduction How to Use This Book Bicycles and Equipment Cycling Safety Key to MapsIndex Map Squamish/Vancouver/East of Vancouver* Paradise Valley * Brackendale * Seymour Valley * Burnaby Trails * Barnet-Inlet Trails * Sasamat Lake * Coquitlam River * De Boville Slough South of Vancouver* Iona Island * Terra Nova Circuit * Richmond South Dyke * Westham Island * Ladner Dyke * Boundary Bay * Mud Bay * Semiahmoo Peninsula Pitt Meadows/Maple Ridge/Mission* Pitt River Regional Greenway * Alouette River * Pitt Polder * Golden Ears Park * Whonnock Lake * Stave Dams Langley/Aldergrove/Abbotsford* Barnston Island * Fort-to-Fort Trail * Glen Valley * Campbell River Valley * Aldergrove Mission to Harrison* Miracle Valley * Nicomen Island * Harrison-Agassiz * Seabird Island Abbotsford/Chilliwack* Bradner-Mt. Lehman * Matsqui Prairie * Sumas Prairie * Sumas River-Barrowtown * Vedder River * Columbia Valley * Fraser River Islands South of the Border* Point Roberts * Nooksack Valley-Ferndale * Nooksack Valley-Everson * Sumas River * Lower Samish Valley * Padilla Bay * Fir Island

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.5.2011
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Motor- / Rad- / Flugsport
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseführer
• ISBN-10: 1-55365-829-9 / 1553658299
• ISBN-13: 978-1-55365-829-0 / 9781553658290